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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Enterprise Architect makes it easy to record and capture problems and issues as they arise, and document the solution and associated details. The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Maintenance</span><span class="f_BodyText"> window provides a quick method of viewing and modifying the <a href="lifecycle.htm">list of changes, issues defects and 'to do' items</a> associated with a particular model element. Access this window by selecting the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">View | Maintenance</span><span class="f_BodyText"> menu option, or by pressing</span><span class="f_MenuKeyField"> [Alt]+[4]</span><span class="f_BodyText">.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Click on the required tab - </span><span class="f_UIControl">Defects</span><span class="f_BodyText">, </span><span class="f_UIControl">Changes</span><span class="f_BodyText">, </span><span class="f_UIControl">Issues</span><span class="f_BodyText"> or </span><span class="f_UIControl">Tasks</span><span class="f_BodyText"> - and select model elements in diagrams or in the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser</span><span class="f_BodyText"> to see the associated maintenance items. You can include defects, changes, issues and tasks in the main RTF documentation and HTML produced by Enterprise Architect. The </span><span class="f_UIControl">RTF Setup</span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog has checkboxes to show or hide element defects, changes, issues and tasks.</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="maintenanceworkspace.png" width="798" height="308" border="0" alt="MaintenanceWorkspace"></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">An asterisk on a tab (as for the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Defects</span><span class="f_BodyText"> tab, above) indicates that the tab contains saved information. If the tab has no information, or the information has not yet been saved, there is no asterisk.</span></p>
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